{"id":33972,"date":"2020-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.observa.it\/coronavirus-commission-hosts-a-european-hackathon-to-develop-innovative-solutions-to-fight-the-outbreak\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T09:40:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T09:40:08","slug":"coronavirus-commission-hosts-a-european-hackathon-to-develop-innovative-solutions-to-fight-the-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.observa.it\/en\/coronavirus-commission-hosts-a-european-hackathon-to-develop-innovative-solutions-to-fight-the-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Commission hosts a European hackathon to develop innovative solutions to fight the outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>As of tomorrow and throughout the weekend, the Commission will host the pan-European\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/euvsvirus.org\/\">#EUvsVirus Hackathon<\/a><\/span>, under the patronage of <strong>Mariya\u00a0Gabriel<\/strong>, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth.\u00a0The hackathon, led by the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/research\/eic\/index.cfm\">European Innovation Council<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and in close collaboration with the EU Member States, will connect civil society, innovators, partners and investors across Europe to develop innovative solutions aimed at fighting the coronavirus utbreak. Commissioner <strong>Gabriel<\/strong>\u00a0said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><em>\u201cThe #EUvsVirus Hackathon is a great example of the European cooperative spirit I so admire. When times get tough we come together, work together and we will beat this virus together for everyone. I thank all those that have given their free time, boundless energy and expertise to make this a reality. Tomorrow is just the beginning &#8211; the solutions will be the true reward.\u201d<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Together with Commissioner\u00a0<strong>Gabriel<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>interventions at the opening ceremony tomorrow are foreseen at highest level from representatives of EU Institutions, namely <strong>Luca Jahier<\/strong>, President of the European Economic and Social Committee, <strong>Apostolos Tzitzikostas<\/strong>, President of the European Committee of the Regions, and <strong>Cristian-Silviu Bu?oi<\/strong>, Chair of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy ITRE at the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/euvsvirus.org\/statistics\/\">Over 12,000 participants<\/a><\/span>\u00a0have registered to the hackathon, which is structured around several categories of problems that need short-term solutions in relation to coronavirus health and life, business continuity, remote working and education, social and political cohesion, digital finance and other challenges. All 27 EU Member States are taking part as well as other countries.\u00a0The winning solutions will be invited to join a European Innovation Council COVID Platform, which will be launched\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/community-smei.easme-web.eu\/about\">here<\/a>\u00a0on 27 April, to facilitate connections with end users, such as hospitals, and provide access to investors, foundations and other funding opportunities from across the EU. Participants can still register on the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/euvsvirus.org\/\">EUvsVirus Hackathon website<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The event will be streamed live on this\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EUvsVirus\/posts\/105959847761073\">webpage<\/a><\/span>. The Commission is committing hundreds of millions of Euros in research and innovation actions to develop vaccines, new treatments, diagnostic tests and medical systems to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. More information is available\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/research-and-innovation\/research-area\/health-research-and-innovation\/coronavirus-research_en\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>(For more information: Johannes Bahrke \u2013 Tel: +32 229 58615; Marietta Grammenou &#8211; Tel.: +32 2 29 83583)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of tomorrow and throughout the weekend, the Commission will host the pan-European\u00a0#EUvsVirus Hackathon, under the patronage of Mariya\u00a0Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth.\u00a0The hackathon, led by the\u00a0European Innovation Council\u00a0and in close collaboration with the EU Member States, will connect civil society, innovators, partners and investors across Europe to develop innovative solutions&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[488,475],"tags":[581,541,639],"class_list":["post-33972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights","category-news","tag-coronavirus-en","tag-european-commission","tag-hackathon-en-2","category-488","category-475","description-off"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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